Train carrying tanks hits cement mixer near Cypress-area gun range

A crash between a train carrying military equipment and cement mixer sparked a fuel spill Thursday afternoon in front of a Cypress-area gun range.

None of the train crew was injured just after noon, when a Union Pacific train hauling heavily armored tanks ripped off the front of a cement mixer in a collision outside the Hot Wells Shooting Range near Barker Cypress and U.S. 290., officials said.

The 60-car train filled with military equipment - primarily tanks and armored vehicles - was headed from Beaumont to Fort Carson in Colorado at the time of the wreck, according to Union Pacific spokesman Jeff DeGraff.

"I'm told that there's no injuries to the train crew haven't been able to confirm the driver of the cement truck yet," he said. The train did not derail and responding crews separated two sections to clear the roadway.

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The crash prompted a fuel leak of some type, the Harris County Sheriff's Office reported, though it wasn't immediately clear how much liquid leaked or what it was.